Just because they're a doctor doesn't mean they can spell. I've never ever
heard of "multophilia." Stick to your guns.
Judy Dilworth, M.T. (ASCP)
Microbiology in hiatus
Quixote wrote:
> Hello. I am a medical transcriptionist who recently ran into something
> new today and am looking for some clarification. I have used the
> spelling maltophilia for organisms such as Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
> and Pseudomonas maltophilia, etc. Today I had a doctor spell out
> Stenotrophomonas "multophilia". I thought it a fluke as I daily get
> misspellings from doctors but decided to web search anyway and lo and
> behold I got some hits. My questions would be (1) is this an alternate
> spelling of the same organism, (2) is one of these spellings actually
> incorrect, or (3) is this a different organism from maltophilia? Any help
> would be greatly appreciated and would help to keep accuracy in patient's
> medical records.
>> Quixote